Photocopies from the Monuments Dataset of the Archaeological Survey of Co Galway. All sites are in Connemara. The metadata captured includes the site classification, designation, condition, any threats, and a description of the site. (1 folder).

File of photocopies of additional reading from the following data sources, articles and books (some containing Robinson's handwritten notes, some with cover notes from people who sent them).

'Hunter Gatherer Strategies in the Mesolithic: The Evidence from Western Connacht' by Michael Gibbons, Jim Higgins, Myles Gibbons (2005);

'The Irish Townland System of Landscape Organisation' by Thomas McErlean (1983);

Findings on Doonloghan by Finbar McCormick (1986);

'Bronze Age to Medieval Coastal Shell Middens near Ballyconneely, Co Galway', by Finbar McCormick, Michael Gibbons, Francis Gerald McCormac and Janine Moore (1996);

'Some Observations on the sites and monuments record of County Mayo' by Michael Gibbons, Olive Alcock, Tom Condit, Mary Tunney (1991);

'An unrecorded wedge-tomb at Scrahillia, Cashel, Connemara" by Gabriel Cooney (1984) with cover note;

Draft of 'Connemara's Emerging Prehistory' by Michael Gibbons and Jim Higgins;

'Aspects of Connemara's Prehistoric Landscape - the archaeological and paleobotanical evidence' by Michael Gibbons and Jim Higgins;

Print out of the distribution of sites in Connemara and the Aran Islands, September 1987;

'A Viking Burial in County Galway' by Joseph Raftery (1960);

'Notes on some of the Antiquities of the Barony of Ballinahing, Co. Galway' by Lord Killanin, undated;

'Notes on some of the antiquities of the Barony of Moycullen, Co Galway; by Lord Killanin (undated);

'Economy and settlement in Rural Ireland' Bruce Proudfoot (undated);

'Antiquities of Co Galway - an introduction' for Galway Official Guide to City and County;

'Ambergris: a lost link between Connemara and Andalusia' Michael Gibbons and Myles Gibbons (2009);

'Understanding Irish Landscape Evolution Pollen Assemblages from Neogene and Pleistocene palaeosurfaces in Western Ireland' Pete Coxon (2001);

'Modernes Wallfahrtwesen in Westirland' by Elisabeth Walther (1980), in German;

'Stone Basins (some examples from the West of Scotland on guides to typology' by A D Lacaille (1944), with a cover letter to Tim from Noel Dunne (1988).

Letter from B E Leake, Professor of Geology, The University Glasgow, to Máiréad Robinson regarding a geological map of Connemara (1985);

Correspondence between Tim Robinson and P W Geoff Tanner of the Geology Department at Glasgow University. Enquires about work carried out on an excursion to Maam on the contours of the Twelve Bens regions, and subsequent discussion of the Connemara map. (1985-1990);

Correspondence between Professor Paul Mohr, Geology Department, UCG and Tim Robinson with enclosures. Robinson asking Mohr to "vet the geology" in a piece he has written, and requesting clarification on the Shannawonna fault. A piece by Paul Mohr entitled 'History of Connacht Geology' looking at early amateur geologists, the Bog Commissioners' Engineers, Richard Griffith, Patrick Ganly, Joseph Verschoule - Archdeacon of Achonry. A subsequent piece 'Early Concepts and Discoveries in Geology: A Synopsis for Students' put together by Mohr. A 1991 photograph of Robinson at the fault line, Fó Uí Mháille, Ballinaleama is attached to one letter. (1987-1995);

Letter from Mary McDonagh Robinson enclosing a map showing minerals in the Galway area. (2004);

Letter from Ronán Hennessy, Department of Earth and Ocean Science at NUI Galway with enclosures:

A 3D map of Turlough Hill, Co Clare, showing hut sites;

'A model of subaqueous sedimentation at the margin of the Late Midlandian Irish Ice Sheet, Connemara, Ireland, and its implications for regionally high isostatic sea levels', Geoffrey S P Thomas and Richard C Chiverrell;

'Understanding Irish Landscape Evolution: Pollen assemblages from neogene and pleistocene palaeosurfaces in Western Ireland', Pete Coxon;

Programme and abstracts for the 47th Irish Geological Research Meeting, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, NUI Galway, 2004;

Photocopy of 'The Geology of the Roundstone ultrabasic complex, Connemara'., D L Bremner and B E Leake.

Reference material, most forwarded on from Professor Paul Mohr, Geology Department at UCG and containing some cover notes from him:

List of regional events taking place in Connacht for Irish Geology Week, September 1988;

A list of abstracts from a Connemara discussion meeting at the Department of Geology in the University of Glasgow, November 1988;

'A deep seismic reflection transect across the Irish Caledonides', S L Klemperer, P D Ryan and D B Snyder (1991);

'Drumlins and the Veichsel Glaciation of Connemara', Antony R Orme (1967);

'Major southward thrusting of the Dalradian rocks of Connemara, western Ireland', Bernard Leake, P W Geoff Tanner, and D Singh (1983);

'Report on a discussion meeting on the geology of Connemara, Western Ireland', P Mohr and M Feely;

'The metagabbros, orthogneisses and paragneisses of the Connemara complex, western Ireland' BE Leake (1989);

'Tectomnically reset RB-Sr system duringLate Ordovician terrane assembly in lapetus, western Ireland', P S Kennan, F C Murphy (1987);

'Strike-slip terranes and a model for the evolution of the British and Irish Caledonides', Donald H W Hutton (1987);

'Stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism of Dalradian rocks of the Maumturk Moutains, Connemara, Ireland', by Michael Edward Badley (1976);

'A summary geological history of Connemara' from Mrs O'Tool, Seals Rock Hotel;

'Tertiary Delerite intrusions of west-central Ireland' by Paul Mohr (1982);

'An outline of the geomorphology of Murrisk and North-West Galway', J F Dewey and W S McKerrow;

'Geosyncline-Margin Sedimentary Rocks in Silurian of West Connacht, Ireland', David J W Piper;

'The Wenlock sediments of north-west Galway, Ireland' (1970);

'Llanvrin stratigraphy of the Galway-Mayo border area, western Ireland', J B Archer;

'Does the Variscan front in Ireland follow a destral shear zone?', M D Max and J P Lefort (1984);

Map entitled 'Geology of Errismore',

The Geological Survey of Ireland, 'Mineral Exploration and Development in Ireland', 1981.

'Irish Hill Days' by Alan F. Airey;

'Frost and Fire, Natural Engines, Tool-Marks and chips';

'The Intellectual Observer Review of Natural History, Microscopic Research and Recreative Science';

'Hand-book to Galway, Connemara, and the Irish Highlands, profusely illustrated by Jas Mahony';

'A Tour in Connemara with Remarks in its great physical capabilities' by George Preston White;

'The Dublin Penny Journal', with a piece on Clifden Castle, March 192[?];

'Gleanings in the West of Ireland' by the Hon and Rev S Godolphone Osborne.

Printed out email correspondence between Professor Paul Ryan and Tim Robinson on the Skird / Skerd Rock fault, and the positioning of the Iapetus suture (2009).

Copies of the following articles with some notes:

'The Galway Granite' by M D Max, C B Long and M A Geoghegan (1978);

'Granite magmas: their sources, initiation and consequences of emplacement', B E Leake (1990);

'The crystallization history and mechanism of emplacement of the western part of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland', B E Leake (1974);

'The Spatial Distribution of K, U, Th and surface hear production in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland', M Feely and J S Madden (1986);

Abstracts from a Connemara Discussion Meeting held in the Department of Geology at UCG in September 1990;

'Tectonic position of the Dalradian rocks of Connemara and its bearing on the evolution of the Midland Valley of Scotland', B E Leake, P W Geoff Tanner, R M Macintyre, and E Elias;

'The petrochemistry of the basic volcanic rocks on the South Connemara Group (Ordovician), Western Ireland', P D Ryan, M D Max, and T Kelly;

'Preliminary report on the geology of the north-western approaches to Galway Bay and part of its landward area', from the Geological Survey of Ireland Report Series, undated, with map enclosure and post it notes.

Letter from Stephen Walsh of Connemara Marble requesting assistance on a book about the marble, the history of the Martin's involvement, early anecdotes. A copy of the booklet. (2013).

Page of handwritten notes from Tim Robinson on Connemara marble.

Two press cuttings from Connacht Tribune on Connemara marble (1989 and 1998).

A file of documents on Connemara Marble received from Kevin Joyce in July 2005. Includes copies of news articles from 1922, a copy letter from [ ] Beadle to Mr Berridge (6 April 1922) on marble. A typed piece entitled 'Cathedral Marbles: Connemara Green' outlining a history of it.

Printed thesis by Eibhlín Ní Scannláin of Roinn na Tíreolaíochta, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh. 'Landscape change in the Connemara National Park area since the early nineteenth century', a study commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin, directed by Dr Mary Cawley, Dept of Geography, UCG.

Three pages of handwritten notes by Tim.

Includes lyrics of a song composed by Michael Cohen of Letterfrack, and exploration of glaciation, but also archaeology and forestry.

Correspondence between Professor Victor Westhoff and Tim Robinson including enclosures, listed below. Correspondence mentions Letterdyfe House, and the old Irish tree alphabet. Enclosures include:

'Man's attitude towards vegetation' V Westhoff (1983);

'Letters from the Irish Highlands', which was written by various members of the Black family in 1825;

'The Archives of the peat bogs' by Sir Harry Godwin;

'The Relationships of some bog communities in Western Galway' by D J Boatman (1960);

'The vegetation and flora of some islands in the Connemara Lakes' by D A Webb and E V Glanville (1962);

'The influence of the sea and of parent material on wetlands and blanket bog in West-Connemara, Ireland' (1975);

'Roundstone Bog: the challenges for conservation' Mary O'Connor (Botany UCG), with copy letter to O'Connor from Robinson, with queries about the term 'dubh locháin' for peat-bottomed lakes and a query about slime mould;

'The Biology of Fungi' by C T Ingold, 'Irish Myxomycetes' by B Ing and D W Mitchell;

'Vegetation succession in lakes of West Connemara, Ireland: comparing predicted and actual changes' by van Groenendael, Reopers, Woltjer and Zweers (1996);

'Soligenous influences on wetlands and blanket bog in Western Connemara, Ireland' van Groenendael, Hochstenbach, van Mansfield and Roozen (1981);

A photocopied table of plant communities of lakes in West Connemara.

File of correspondence and enclosed reading relating to heather in Connemara.

Letter from Julian Reynolds of the Zoology Department at Trinity College to Tim (1985) enclosing a list of bogland sites highlighted by the National Peatlands Conservation Committee;

Letter from Maura [Scannell] mentioning a specimen of heather near Cloonagat Lough that won the gold medal at Bundesgartenschau in Berlin in 1985, it was given the name Maura. A traced map outlining this area, and other surrounding areas where Erica MacKaiana was collected follows, and a photocopy of the diploma awarded with the medal (1990);

Fax to Tim from Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington (3 October 1994) enclosing work on E MacKaiana from Lieke Van Doorslaer;

Letter to Tim from Michael Archer enclosing a photocopied page from 'The Origins of Heathers' by Fred Chapple with a theory on how the mediterranean heath came to Ireland. (1997);

Letter to Tim from Anne-Marie McKee of the Department of Botany at UCG with a timetable relating to the Summer Field Meeting of the Mires Research Group in Connemara and Mayo (1997);

Several photocopied articles:

'Notes on Four Irish Heaths: Part 1' Irish Naturalists Journal by D A Webb, (1954);

'Erica Ciliaris L in Ireland' from Proceedings of the Botanical Society of the British Isles by D A Webb (1966);

'Further Notes on Erica Ciliarisin Ireland' by David McClintock (1968);

'Historical Records of the Irish Ericaceae - additional notes on Arbutus Unedo, Daboecia Cantabrica, Erica Erigene, E. MacKaiana and Ledum Palustre' by E Charles Nelson (1982);

'Erica Erigene R. Ross - the Mediterranean Heath in Ireland' from Irish Naturalists Journal by Brian Morley and Mary J P Scannell (1972);

'Erica MacKaiana Bab. in Irish Localities and other plants of interest' from Irish Naturalists Journal, Mary J P Scannell and David McClintock (1974);

'Craiggamore and Craiggabeg in West Galway' from Irish Naturalists Journal, M J P Scannell (1975);

'Studies in Erica MacKaiana Bab. 1: Distribution in Connemara, Ireland' from Irish Naturalists Journal, E Charles Nelson, (1981);

'The Unique Flora of Connemara' from The Living Countryside, E C Nelson, (1982);

'Studies in Erica MacKaiana Bab. II: Distribution in Northern Spain' by E Charles Nelson and Maria Isabel Fraga (1983);

'Heathers in Ireland' from Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, E Charles Nelson, 1989;

'Scraw (Schwingmoore) plant communities at Loch an Chorcail, Carna, Co. Galway' by N D Lockhard, M O'Connell, M Sheehy Skeffington and L Van Doorslaer (1989);

Two photocopied pages on Connemara Plants, source not identified.

Two copies of a map showing the distribution of Erica MacKaiana Bab near Roundstone, origin of map unidentified.

Brochure on the Bog of Allen, and one on a Conference to explore the long term sustainability of Ireland's uplands (1995).

Three press cuttings between 1989 and 2012 from the Irish Times on rare heather, and the bogs and carbon dioxide.

Correspondence with enclosures relating to flora and fauna in Irish placenames.

Letter to Tim Robinson from Dave Hogan of Connemara National Park / OPW mentioning 'The White Goddess';

Correspondence with Maura Scannell clarifying names of flora in Connemara, enclosing specimens and dissecting Latin terms (1983-1985);

Correspondence with Tony Whilde of the Corrib Conservation Centre and Hugh Brazier of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy relating to birds in Irish placenames. Later correspondence from Galway County Council to Tony Whilde relating to the preservation of the old bridge at Maam. (1984);

Correspondence with Jo Moran, she encloses her report 'Hypothesis and Notes on Birds of the Blasket Islands', (1986);

Correspondence with Noel McGouth and Tom Curtis relating to donkey grazing at Salvia. (1984).

Correspondence with enclosures of plant specimens and articles from Maura Scannell of the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin. Includes a 1984 paper by Tim Robinson 'Plant Records from West Galway' (drafts exchanged with an editor included later in folder). Correspondence also covers Aughros House / Coney House on the 1860 Admiralty Chart and Walter Wade who did the first botanic investigation of Connemara (1980-1987);

Letter from Noel King to Tim enclosing a map and listing protected species and locations (16 November 1984);

Two letters from Cilian Roden with enclosed articles for proof reading on mountain flora (year unknown);

Series of copied research articles and talks, listed here:

'The Vegetation of Southern Connemara' by Gertrude Connolly (1930);

'Is the Classification of plant communities either possible or desirable?' D A Webb (1954);

From 'Flora of the British Isles' on Erica Ciliaris L. in Ireland' by D A Webb (1962);

'Carex Dioica L. at Lough Coura in County Offaly', (July 1969);

'Craiggamore and Craiggabeg in West Galway' (1975);

'Notes on Irish Vegetation: No 1 The Vegetation of Shingle in County Louth' James White (1981);

'Natural History in Connemara, A Case for Conservation', (1984);

'A Scientific Tour through Munster: The Travels of Joseph Woods, Architect and Botanist, in 1908', G J Lyne and M E Mitchell;

Selected copies on Polygonum oxyspermum, angelica sylvestris L, the Renvyle Hydrilla, Hydrilla Verticillata, Juncus Planifolius;

An Roinn Oideachais 'Ainmneacha Plandaí agus Ainmhithe / Flora and Fauna Nomenclature';

Hand-drawn chart outlining the transport system for food and water, and seed producers.

Photograph of Minulus guttatus and lutea from June 1983.

Several volumes of the Royal Dublin Society's Journal of Life Sciences (1981 and 1982). Offprint from proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 'An Account of the flora and vegetation of Derryclare Wood' by David K Ferguson and Victor Westhoff, and a photocopy of a handwritten letter to David Ferguson asking for stories of Cuach na Coille, a beautiful horsewoman who lived there, and of a lodge owned by the Martin family.

Two press cuttings from the Irish Times (1984 and 1990) on the effect of the warm weather on the seaweed industry and wild flowers.